<p>Hi all. I want to clarify a few things. I am an Indian applying to MIT. My HS grades are as follows: 9th and 10th combined :10/10 Cumulative GPA<a href="weird%20grading%20system,%20but%20still%20I%20got%20the%20highest%20possible">/b</a>
**11th mid year- 95.8%; 11th finals- 70%:( :( (I was bedridden for 2 months due to chronic disease- Counselor will mention it in her LOR. I am still recovering from it) 12th midyear-96.3%..
My question is,* How will MIT/ any other college look upon my 11th final marks? Will I be straight away rejected or will MIT/any other college consider me*?</p>
<p>Just FYI: Indian courses are one of the hardest and anything above 80% is considered very good. So I have performed exceptionally good in 12th and 11th mid-year. I am among top 1% of my class
And BTW: I have 99.5 percentile in a nation wide examination mandatory for all HS students--( this was in 11th grade before my illness)</p>
<p>My essays are based upon how I have recovered from my ( fatal, yep fatal )disease and I am now able to perform as well as I did before illness. Please help me guys.
Mollie? Lydia? Chris? Piper? Anyone? Any help is very^(infinity) welcomed :)
Thx!
- Big Red Machine- Kane</p>
<p>Just in case you are wondering over my SAT scores: SAT subject tests: Math Level II-800, Math level I- 780( Grr, I stupid mistake- I won’t send it!), Chemistry-760. Physics 760.
I am a horrible test taker…</p>
<p>Your test scores are fine. There is no difference between a 760, 780, or 800 in the eyes of those looking to see if you’re capable of doing the work.</p>
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<p>No one, not even MITChris, can tell you if you’ll be admitted to MIT or not.</p>
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<p>Does that essay help the reader learn something about you? Or does it have a little bit of “Woo is me, give me some slack because of my hardship”?
I ask that because it’s too easy to come across as the latter.
You don’t need to answer that here.</p>
<p>jpm50: I am sorry if I wasn’t able to convey myself properly. I didn’t want to ask I will be accepted or not. All I want to ask that Will I be considered for admissions or outright reject because of my poor grades in 11th finals only?
I have tred my level best they don’t sound like excuses. Can you please tell me now?
Thx for the intended help!</p>
<p>They’re not going to penalize you for a subpar performance while you were struggling with a fatal disease. That said, even without a dip in performance, chances for admission for internationals are slim. Go ahead and apply in good faith.</p>
<p>RedMachineKane - You are almost certainly not going to be penalized. You were sick, your counselor will explain this – and your other grades clearly display that this was not your normal performance. Admissions will understand that.</p>
<p>Thanks PiperXP! I am wondering what you said is true for ever college or only for MIT.
Thanks collegealum. I know chances are slim! I will do what I can do best: I will present myself as I am and it will be up to adcoms to determine I am a good fit or not. Either way is pretty good!</p>
<p>^ I am not familiar with other schools, so I can’t say for sure. But I think many of them who do admissions holistically (which is quite common in the US) will take your illness into account.</p>
<p>PiperXP is absolutely right, as usual. Outstanding academics are a necessary but not sufficient criteria for admission to MIT. They are there to provide an answer to the question: “Can this applicant handle the academic load and even prosper academically at MIT?” And that is it. If the answer is no, then the applicant will not be admitted regardless of what else is in the application. If the answer is yes, then it is usually the other things in the application that get a particular candidate admitted (an exception would be those few academic stars who have IMO medals or some such thing). In the case of the OP, my personal and totally meaningless estimation is that the applicant’s record shows that the answer is yes, and so consideration can move on to the other parts of the record.</p>
<p>I don’t think this will be an issue. Even though schools like MIT place a bit more emphasis on grades, your sickness is perfectly understandable. As long as you have a essay that can stick in an admissions counselor’s mind, you’ll still be considered.</p>